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“We listen to views that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard.” This cognitive laziness is exploited by politicians, market forces, and media. When people engage in cognitive laziness, they are more likely to accept misinformation as truth.
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Frescoes once covered the Jat havelis and village dharamshalas (guest houses) of Haryana’s villages . These wall paintings originated in the districts bordering Rajasthan, likely brought by Jat migrations from the Bagar region into Haryana. They reflect Jat folk traditions, with
Frescoes in the village of Rohtak from the Jat Havelis: 1) Frescoes from the village guest house depict the daily life and probably a battle scene between cavalry and elephantry. 2) A beautifully carved doorway. 3) Decorated Bharholis for storing grains. Credit: @XJatlandX bhai
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Ha-Joon Chang is the most important, thoughtful, novel anti-racist thinker alive in the world today. https://t.co/acprcW0a5Z
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Facing US tariffs and automation risks, Ha-Joon Chang argues that India must rebuild manufacturing via industrial policy, capital controls, and national champions.
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Chaudhary Chottu Ram was one of the most influential Jat who fought for farmers and the laws he helped pass came to be known as the “Chottu Ram Acts”. The laws stated that no moneylender could seize a farmer’s land, house, livestock, or belongings. And if a farmer had already
Many such cases existed among Jats, as it was considered a sin for ancestral land to pass into another clan. So the land was almost always given to the closest kin. When the British passed the Land Alienation Act of 1905, they kept this Jat custom of preventing land from being
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Many such cases existed among Jats, as it was considered a sin for ancestral land to pass into another clan. So the land was almost always given to the closest kin. When the British passed the Land Alienation Act of 1905, they kept this Jat custom of preventing land from being
land is mother to a Jat, his roots, his pride, his duty.A true Jat will always cherish and protect his ancestral soil. Dharam ji didn't sell his costly ancestral land in the village he gave it to his cousin son that it is our forefathers land Keep it safe and honor their memory.
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A Jat with his double-barrel gun and his grandson by his side on their Escort 47. A Jat moving through daily life with a double-barrel gun was once a familiar sight in Punjab, rooted in old Jat culture. Many Jats carried forward old generational feuds, and by the late 90s those
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In 1986, after winning 4🥇 & 1 🥈at the Asian Games, Dharmendra ji sent me Rs. 50,000/- cash prize for my achievement. We couldn't meet personally due to our busy schedules but sometimes love & affection are enough to keep the hearts connected even 1000 miles apart. RIP 🙏🏽
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Historical records from Mewar in Rajasthan show Brahmins were classified as dependent servile class who survived on patronage, commonly referred to as ‘mangtas’ or ‘choon mangtas’. In Punjab, they formed part of the kammi/service class serving the dominant landholding Jat clans.
In North Indian states of Punjab & Haryana, there is a clear disconnect between religious literature and ground reality. The texts speak of Brahmin supremacy, yet historically in Punjab Haryana the Brahmin was a servant class functionary, often dependent on land or grain
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Research and map from Anthropological and Ethnographic journals.
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Jat hordes on horseback colonizing the Punjab. Most Punjabi villages were settled by Jats, owned by Jats, and administered through pattis of their descendants.
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